“I enjoy music, and of course gaming. Being an influencer is a form of currency.”
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Soulja Boy
DeAndre Cortez Way, known professionally as Soulja Boy, is an American rapper and record producer. He rose to prominence with his self-released 2007 debut single, "Crank That ", which peaked atop the US Billboard Hot 100 for seven non-consecutive weeks. After a commercial re-release by Collipark Music, an imprint of Interscope Records, the song and its follow-up, "Soulja Girl", both preceded his d…
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business · American rapper and songwriter (born 1990) · rapper · songwriter · record producer · actor · singer · entrepreneur · film actor · director · music video director · television actor · also Soulja Boy, Soulja Boy Tell 'Em, DeAndre Cortez Way, DeAndre Way, Big Draco, Soulja
Born 28 July 1990 · Q313080
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2026· 5 entries
Yahoo: Soulja Boy Says Kai Cenat Boxing Callout Is 'Just Content'
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Yahoo: Rapper Soulja Boy wants DNA test before paying child support
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Complex: Soulja Boy Requests DNA Test for 3-Year-Old Son He Allegedly Had With Jackilyn Martinez
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Released album “DRIP”.
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2025· 5 entries
Released album “Draco Season”.
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10TV.com: Soulja Boy arrested on weapons charge during Los Angeles traffic stop
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Hip-Hop Wired: Soulja Boy Ordered To Pay $4.25M In Sexual Battery Case
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The Guardian: Jury orders rapper Soulja Boy to pay $4m to woman who accused him of sexual assault
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Released album “The Influence”.
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2024· 5 entries
Released ep “The Adventures of Soulja Boy”.
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Released album “Swag Season”.
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The Source Magazine: Soulja Boy Teams Up with Sprayground for Exclusive Anime-Inspired Backpack
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Way sent condemnatory tweets directed at the American producer Metro Boomin in response to a ridiculing 2012 tweet, mocking his mother who died in a murder–suicide
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Released album “Swag 6”.
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2023· 5 entries
Los Angeles Times: Soulja Boy’s ex-girlfriend gets OK to seize his property — including three luxury cars
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Released album “Soulja Season”.
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Uproxx: Soulja Boy Was Ordered To Pay His Ex-Girlfriend $235,900 In Their Assault And Kidnapping Case
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Released album “Swag 5”.
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Released album “Soulja World 3”.
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2022· 5 entries
Released album “First to Do It”.
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Way's girlfriend Jackie gave birth to their first child, a son
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Released album “Soulja World 2”.
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Released album “Big Draco 3”.
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Brown revealed that he and Soulja Boy have no problems with each other
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2021· 10 entries
Released album “Big Draco 2”.
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Announced upcoming roles on ATL and an upcoming movie role with Machine Gun Kelly
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Released album “Swag 4”.
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Released album “No Looking Back”.
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Released album “Big Draco”.
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Released ep “Rich Off a Computer”.
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Released album “Soulja World”.
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Way released the mixtape Soulja World, which features frequent collaborator Lil B
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Model Nia Riley accused him of assault during their relationship, including an incident where she was allegedly kicked in the stomach while pregnant, leading to a miscarriage
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Way publicly feuded with rapper Kanye West after his recorded verse was removed from the song "Remote Control" from West's album Donda without prior notice
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2020· 3 entries
Released album “Swag 3”.
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Released album “King Soulja 9”.
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Following his rising success as a Twitch streamer, Way released the mixtape King Soulja 9, followed by several singles throughout 2020
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2019· 3 entries
Was working on his fifth studio album titled How Can You Blame Me
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Soulja Boy released another handheld on his SouljaWatch website called the SouljaGame Handheld; this console looks similar in appearance to Sony's PlayStation Vita
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Way re-signed Lil 100 and signed Atlanta artist 24hrs
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2018· 7 entries
Announced the release of two more consoles: the Retro SouljaBoy Mini, which resembles a Nintendo Game Boy, and the SouljaGame Fuze, which looks similar to Microsoft's Xbox One and Sony's PlayStation 4
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Released album “King”.
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Released album “Young Drako”.
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Released album “Best to Ever Do It”.
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Released ep “No Sleep EP”.
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Released ep “Souljayayo”.
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Released album “King Soulja 8”.
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2017· 6 entries
Released ep “Wally World 3”.
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Brown revealed in a video on his Instagram account that he chose to cancel the boxing match: "I bowed out of this Soulja Boy fight
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Released album “Big Soulja”.
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The Guardian: Chris Brown v Soulja Boy: taking the beef to the boxing ring
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The Guardian: Former world champion Floyd Mayweather to train Soulja Boy for fight with Chris Brown
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Way started a squabble with singer Chris Brown on social media
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2016· 8 entries
Released album “Real Soulja 4 Life”.
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Way and Bow Wow released a joint retail mixtape, Ignorant Shit
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Released album “Ignorant Shit”.
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Released album “Better Late Than Never”.
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Way announced that all artists signed to SODMG had been dropped
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Released album “Stacks on Deck”.
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Released a joint mixtape titled Ignorant Shit
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Way released his fifth and sixth digital albums and various mixtapes, singles and videos
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2015· 7 entries
Released album “Follow the Swag”.
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Released album “S. Beezy”.
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Released album “Plug Talk”.
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Released ep “25 the Movie”.
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Released album “King Soulja 4”.
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Released album “Loyalty”.
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Following the release of his fourth studio album, Loyalty, Way released additional singles, mixtapes and a digital album
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2014· 8 entries
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Released album “Gold Like This (The Remixes)”.
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Released album “King Soulja 3”.
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Way revealed on his Instagram that he and fellow artist Chief Keef had resolved their differences
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During an interview, Way announced that he was producing for Diddy's upcoming album M
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Released album “Super Dope”.
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Way continued work on his fourth studio album while collaborating with other artists and releasing additional mixtapes
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“s upcoming album M.M.M. and also for Lil Wayne”
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2013· 6 entries
Rapper/singer Drake collaborated and remixed Way's intro track "We Made It" from his mixtape The King
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Released album “The King”.
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Released ep “Cuban Link”.
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Way sent a number of death threats to Chicago rapper Chief Keef via Facebook
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Way announced and confirmed that he was guest-starring in the upcoming movie Officer Down
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Way also produced on the track "Wowzers" of Lil Wayne's album I Am Not a Human Being II
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2012· 8 entries
Way released LOUD, which was his first mixtape distributed on iTunes
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Way released a Hopsin diss titled "That Nigga Not Me"
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On Way's Tinychat, Hopsin and Way confronted each other: though Hopsin admitted he liked Way, nothing was really resolved
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Way made controversial comments towards fellow rapper Hopsin on one of his webcam chats with his fans, when Way stated "fuck Hopsin, I'm about to go in the studio and record this Hopsin diss real quick"
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Way talked about his upcoming album Promise and said he has released so many mixtapes in the last two years because he feels he has to put out a lot of music and be as creative as possible
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Released album “Mario & Domo vs. The World”.
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Way released another line he created, "BLVD
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Way released additional mixtapes while his album continued to be delayed
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2011· 12 entries
Way released another mixtape titled Gold On Deck
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Released album “Skate Boy”.
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The Guardian: Soulja Boy arrested on drugs and weapons charges
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A date that coincided with Soulja Boy's arrest on a drug charge
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TMZ reported that Way's album would not be sold at the 3,100 Army and Air Force base exchanges if it included the song "Let's Be Real"
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Released ep “21 EP”.
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Released ep “Bernard Arnault EP”.
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Way said he had produced and submitted beats for 50 Cent's fifth studio album, Street King Immortal
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Way announced that he would make his acting debut playing the main role of Bishop in the Juice remake and that it would air on BET
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Released album “Juice”.
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Released album “Smooky”.
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“s fifth studio album, Street King Immortal. In 2013, Way also produced on the track”
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2010· 8 entries
Way clarified this statement that Lupe Fiasco was too "lyrical", explaining that he wanted to keep the rudimentary music style he developed and justified why he doesn't keep a lyrically based flow and more substantially
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Released album “The DeAndre Way”.
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And has so far sold only 70,000 copies, making it Way's lowest-selling album
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Released "Speakers Going Hammer" on iTunes; it peaked at number 48 on the Billboard Hot R&B/Hip Hop Songs
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Released album “Pretty Boy Millionaires”.
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The album's official lead single was "Pretty Boy Swag"
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That the first single from the album was going to be "All Black Everything", but the single was canceled and the track was put on another promotional mixtape, Legendary
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Released album “Cookin’ Soulja Boy”.
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2009· 9 entries
Way released three mixtapes: Paranormal Activity, Dat Piff and Cortez
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The Guardian: US rapper Soulja Boy arrested
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The Guardian: Soulja Boy fans bombard UK family with phone calls
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The Guardian: Review: Soulja Boy Tell'em, iSouljaBoyTellem
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Way challenged Bow Wow to a race in their Lamborghinis and claimed Bow Wow's Lamborghini was a rental
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Way released the third single, "Turn My Swag On"
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Soulja Boy announced that he was to be releasing his own cartoon, Soulja Boy: The Animated Series, but only one episode was released
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It was reported that Way would be producing for Kanye West's fourth studio album, My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy, and Kanye would be producing for Way's third studio album, The DeAndre Way, but for unknown reasons nei
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“I got back to my house at around 3 in the morning and I was in the studio recording. So two of my homeboys was in the living room and me and Arab we was in the studio recording. And somebody kicked in the door. One dude ran in put the AK to my homeboy head, put him on the floor [...] The other two ran in my homeboy jumped in the other room, so the other two dudes ran back so I peeped in the door and they running through my house with Ks and pistols so I ducked back. I really can”
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2008· 4 entries
Released album “iSouljaBoyTellEm”.
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Charles Hamilton said in an interview that Way was making it more difficult for new artists to be signed
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The Guardian: Soulja Boy gives 'shout out' to slave masters
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The Guardian: Ice T tells Soulja Boy: you killed hip-hop
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2007· 3 entries
Released album “Souljaboytellem.com”.
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Released album “Unsigned & Still Major: Da Album Before da Album”.
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Released album “Supaman”.
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2004· 1 entry
While he was signed to Interscope and Collipark Music
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1990· 1 entry
Born 1990-07-28.
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